Israeli minister calls to recognize Armenian genocide

Published on June 12, 2012

An Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday that the Jewish state ought to change its policy and recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as an act of genocide.

Israeli lawmakers weigh recognizing Armenian genocide

Published on December 26, 2011

Israeli lawmakers debated on Monday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide but were warned by the Foreign Ministry about further damage to frayed relations with Turkey.

Mother of Jersualem is Crying novel humanizes Middle East conflict

By Karmel Melamed
Published on November 20, 2011

Briefs: Jordan’s Queen reveals hopes for Mideast, Nahai to DWP, Halle Berry’s nose joke

Published on November 1, 2007

Briefs.

The Armenian question

By Steve Greenberg
Published on October 25, 2007

Cartoon.

Turkey knows who to blame for genocide resolution—the Jews

By Yigal Schleifer
Published on October 25, 2007

When a U.S. congressional committee approved a resolution recognizing the World War I-era massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide, Turkey's reaction was swift and harsh: Blame the Jews.

Turkey: Israel could suffer from Armenian debate

By Ben Harris
Published on August 30, 2007

The Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) reversal last week of its position on the Armenian genocide has set off a flurry of diplomatic activity in Turkey and Israel.

ADL reverses policy, finally recognizes Armenian genocide

By Ben Harris
Published on August 23, 2007

In a dramatic reversal, the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) national director has issued a statement describing the massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians as "tantamount to genocide."

The Armenian Genocide debate pits moral values against realpolitik

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 3, 2007

All the attention is flattering, but its underlying cause confronts the Jewish community with choices that -- perhaps oversimplified -- pits its moral values and sympathies against the realpolitik of American and Israeli policymakers.

U.S. Jews enter debate on Armenian/Turkish history

By Ron Kampeas
Published on April 26, 2007

Top Turkish officials and Turkish Jewish leaders in recent weeks have sought help from U.S. Jewish leaders to stave off an effort in the U.S. Congress to define World War I-era massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.

We dare not murder memories of genocide

By Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Published on April 19, 2007

Amnesia of the past foreshadows amnesia of the future. Forget yesterday's tragedy and the threat to tomorrow is denied. Forget the first genocide of the 20th century -- the murder of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 -- and the memory and atrocities of the first genocide of the 21st century in Darfur turn invisible, and the world response is muted.